Commercial MISMO Kicks Off New Workgroup for Rent Rolls and Operating Statements

I’ve been writing about this for a while; here is the official announcement, plus a way for you to join the MISMO Commercial Operating Statements and Rent Rolls listserv. Do it now!

Support IRP 6 – Send this email!

As MISMO’s liaison to the CMSA, I have spent the past few weeks calling around to contacts at Lenders, Rating Agencies, Servicers and Investors, to see what each firm’s position is on IRP 6. Other than the servicers, most firms I spoke with did not know the specific issues with IRP 6 and had no […]

IRP 6 Needs Support! – Send an email to irp@cmsaglobal.org

As MISMO’s liaison to the CMSA to support the adoption of IRP 6 as the new reporting standard for CMBS, I have an inside perspective on the prospects of this standard being adopted. The official comment period for IRP 6 ended on February 20 and the CMSA only received a handful of comments (around 5) […]

No Line on the Horizon

Not much glamour around CMBS.com the last few weeks. We’ve been working hard “clearing” deals to add to our CMBS library. To clear a deal, we must tie out the loans from the setup file with the loans being reported on the Trustee IRPs. This is a slow, labor-intensive process. Once we tie these loans out, […]

Keep the $100 Billion. I think $20 million will do the trick

I just returned from the MBA’s annual Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) conference in San Diego. While we were there, the government announced $100 billion from the new bailout plan would be used to provide leverage to investors in AAA CMBS. Most people at the conference were excited. Personally, while I welcome government leadership on […]

Rocking with Metallica part 2: That is Mr. Penny Lane to you sir

I became such a Metallica groupie last week that my friends are calling me Penny Lane, the “Band Aid” groupie character played by Kate Hudson in the movie Almost Famous. They accuse me of having a “man” crush on Lars — Ahh, jealousy does not wear well on them. Where to find the best shows […]

MERS takes over management of MISMO from the MBA

Today John Courson of the MBA held a conference call with the residential and commercial leadership of MISMO to let us know that MERS, Mortgage Electronic Registry System, has taken over management of MISMO (See news release below). MERS was created by the industry (the MBA has an ownership stake in MERS) to facilitate the electronic […]

On the road with Metallica

I have been looking forward to this week for months. Metallica is finishing up their North American Tour in support of their Grammy nominated new album Death Magnetic with shows in Chicago and New York. I am friends with drummer Lars Ulrich, so I have the privilege of getting great seats and passes to their […]

OBAMA!

Attending the inauguration of our 44th President made me feel inspired and hopeful. My wife and I went as guests of the MBA’s political action committee (MORPAC) — and we felt like we witnessed history. The group we were with consisted of both democrats and republicans (and at least one libertarian) but all were moved […]